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Channel smuggling gangs resort to ‘mega-dinghies’ as crackdown limits small boat supply

By GhanaSummary Newsroom1 min read
Channel smuggling gangs resort to ‘mega-dinghies’ as crackdown limits small boat supply

During one early low tide on Gravelines beach, we saw the only small boat to launch that day, and it was not what we expected.

By 12:11, the small boat, with 82 people on board, finally moves off into the busiest shipping lane in the world.

A drop in small boats illegally reaching the UK is forcing people smuggling gangs to adopt new tactics, a BBC investigation has found.

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